Planter.



No; 857,798. PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907 M. E. PIDLBR & H. LINGENFELTER.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.21, 1907.

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PV/YIYILSSES 1 5E [VVENTOAJ L91; A TTORNEYS No. 857,798. PATENTED JUNE 25,1907.

M E. FIDLBR & H. LINGENFELTER.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 1907.

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W (M ATTORNEyS i5 manipulate 45 side elevation of the ground 1 ATE PATENT OFFICE:

MEREDITH E. AND HARLEY LIN GEN FELTER, OF CANTON, ILLIN 01S. I PL'ANTEH.

To-all 'whom it may concern:

Be'it known that we, MEREDITH E. FIDLER -and- HA'R LEY L'INGENFELTER, citizens-of the j United States, residin at Canton, in the 5 countyiof Fulton and tate of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Planter, of which the following is a specification.

1 This invention has relation to planters and i it consists in the novel constructionand ar- 1 rangement of "its parts as hereinafter shown E'and described.

' The object of the invention is to provide a means for actuating'the seed dropping mechanism of a lanter which means may be so d as to cause the seed to be de- 'pgsited with accuracy and at such times as to "ye the seed in alinement longitudinally of the row' and laterally with theseed deposits of adjacent rows or what is generally known no; as check rowed. The said means is'operated indirectly by/ the sup orting wheels of the planter andis supplied with clutch mechanisms for throwing the same in and out of gear. The seed z5'vided with the usual means for separating the grain from the bulk of seed and with tubes for conveying the seed to the ground.

- he resent invention includes a vertically movable rod operating adjacent each of the 5-39 gsa'in tubes and-which is forced into contact with the ground at the time that the seed is de sited thereby making a markupon' the 8.01 and indicating the vicinity of the seed in the ground. Consequently, as subsequent 35 rows are planted the operator will so manipmate the means asto cause the said rods to come in contact with the ground in aline- 'ment with the marks reviously made and b so doing he is'assured that the seed will be ,4 'l anted in the'ground in alinement in two irections."

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1'is a top lan view of the planter. Fig. 2 is a sectiona view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a marking device. The planter consists of the axle 1 to one -end of-which is fixed a supporting wheel 2 while its 0 posite end is supported by the wheel 3 w The clutch member 4 is mounted u on the axle 1 and rotates with the same, w 'le I .lthe clutchmember 5 is formed as a continua tion'of the hub of the wheel 3 and surrounds vided with a'clutch member 7 which is adapt- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 21, 1907. Serial No. 358,673.

boxes of the planter are proch is'journaled upon the said the implement. The sprocket wheel 6 is jour 1 55'- naled upon the axle 1 and at one side is pro- Patented June 25, 1907.

ed to cooperate with the clutcn member 4. Upon its opposite side the sprocket wheel 6 is provided with a ratchet'disk 8. The lever 9 1s journaled upon the extended hub 10 of the sprocket wheel 6 and is provided with a pawl 11 which engages the ratchets of the disk 8. The link 12 connects saidlever 9 with the foot treadle 13 which is ivoted to the frame 14 of the implement. e ring 15 is attached to the end of the hub 10. The band 16 surrounds the hub 10 and operates between the ring 15 and the lever 9. The

rod 17'is connected at one end to the collar 16 and at its other end to alever 18 which fulcrumed to theside of a bearing 19 surrounding the axle 1. The said rod 17 passes transversely through the lug 20 which extends laterally from the bearing 21 which also receives the axle 1. The bars 22 and 23 connect the bearings 21 and 19 respectively with the frame 14. rounds the axle 1 and is screw 25 by means of w ch it may be adjustably secured along the said axle. The coil spring 26 is inter osed between the collar 25 and the end of t h tension to keep the clutch member 7 in engagement with the clutch member 4. The clutch member 27 is feathered u on the axle 1 and is adapted to cooperate wit 1 the clutch member 5 of the wheel 3. The-coil spring 28 is interposed between the bearing 29 and the clutch member 27 and is under tension to force the said clutch member toward the clutch member 5. The collar 30 receives the clutch member 27 and one end of the rod '31 is connected with the said collar 30 and the other end of the s'aid'rod is connected with the lever 18. The shaft 32 is journaled in the bearings 33 which are suitably supported by the front frame of the implement. The said shaft 32 extends transversely of the frame of the implement and is located in the rear of the seed boxes 34. The sprocket wheel 35 is, journaled upon the arm 36 which is also sl ilpported by the frame of the implement. he U-shaped guide 37 is mounted upon the shaft 32 and the sprocket chain 38 passes around the sprocket wheels 6 and 35 and through the upper portion of the guide 37 and beneath the spring actuated tightener 39 which is also journaled upon the frame of The-said chain 38 is provided at suitable intervals with links 40 which are rovided with laterally extending lugs 41. he collar 42 is fixed to the shaft The collar 24 also surplrovided with-a-set e hub 10 and is under Ice IIO

32 and the itman 4.3 is pivoted at one end to the said collar 42 and is provided at its other end with. a shoulder le which engages the pins 45 between the disks 46. r The said disks are mounted upon the shaft 47 which enters the seed boxes 3% and operates the seed separating mechanism loonted within said boxes (not shown.)

Each of the seed tubes i8 is provided upon its side with an eye 4L9 and a guide 50. The rod 51 passes vertically through the eye 49 and also through the guide 5-0. The linger 52 is pivotally mounted upon the lower end of the rod 51 end spring 53 attached at one end to the rod 51 bears at'its other end against the blade 52 and is under tension to hold the fingerprojected below the lower end of the said rod in as much as the said finger is pivotally connected with the rod.

J strike The bar 5% is pivoted at its rear end to the upper end of the rod 51 and is pivotelly supported at its forward end by a bearing 55. One end or" the coil spring 56 is attached to the side of the seed box and the other end or the said coil spring is attached to the bar 54 and the said spring is under tension to hold the bar 54 in an elevated position. T he cam 57' is fixed to the shaft 32 and the roller 58isjour11aled to the end of the said cam andis adaptedto engage the upperedge oi the bar 54,

The operation or the planter is as follows The chain 325 havitm been Dreviouslv erovided-with a suitable numoer of links 40 arranged at proper intervals ...l(l as the implement is drawn over the ound and while clutch members 7 and 4 and 27 and 5 are in engagement the rotary movement of the wheels and 3 is transmitted to the sprocket wheel 6. Said sprocket wheel moves the chain 38 through the guide 37 around the wheel 35 and under the tightening wheel 39. When the lugs 41 dome in contact withthe upper ends of the guide 37 the said 11. per end of the guide moved in the arc o.- a circle along with the said chain. Thus the shaft 32 is partially rotated and as the collar 42 is carried around the pitmen 43 moves longi' tudinally end the shoulder thereof engages one of the pins 45 between the disks 46 and the shaft is psrt y rot t Thus the seed separating mecha ism located within the seed boxes 3% end not shown are open ated and the seed through the tubes i8 and is deposited in the ground. Atxthe same time the cams 57 turn and the rollers 58 thereof bear upon t 1e upper edges of the bars 5%. The said bars are ihrceo down against the tension of the e the rods 51 are moved down and the blade are forced into the ground at a point adjucent to where the seed is' simultaneously deposited. The forward movement of the implement causes the said blades tomalie marl: in the surface of the soil and ii the said fingersshould a stone or other obstruction they mey' senses l sion of the springs 53 and ride over such obstruction. As soon as the lugs 41 pass beyond the upper ends of the guide 37 the tension of the springs 56 moves the bars 54 up which elevates the rods 51 and fingers 52 and turns the cam 57 back into its normal position which in turn. partially rotates the shaft 32- and moves the upper end of the guide 37 back and withdraws the pitman 43. Thus it is that the seed is deposited at regular in tervals along the rows and each point of deposit is indicated by amark upon the ground.

ing mechanism will be operated even though one or the other of the supporting wheels? or 3 should pessover a hollow in the ground in which case the axle 1 would be turned by the other supporting wheel which would remain in Contact with the ground. Again in starting the implement across a field after a number of rows have been planted the operswing the levenQ by means of the rod 12 so that the pawl 11 which engages the ratchet disk 8 may turn the sprocket wheel 6 independentlyof the axle 1 sothat the operation of the marking mechanism may be advanced in order to preserve the transverse alinement in planting the seed Without requiring that the implement be unnecessarily moved about the field.

twill thus be seen thata simple and efl'eotive means is provided for planting the seed in check row and that the operation is accomplished entirely by the implement without the assistance of cumbersome and expensive wires or other fixtures usually employed to assure regularity in check row planting.

Having described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A planter having a seed dropping mech-- anism and a ground marking mechanism, a. rotatable shaft extending transversely of the planter for operating the drop ing' mechanism, e reciprocating rotatable s -aft for operating the ground marking mecha 'iisn means carried by the last said shaft for operating the first said shaft and means for operating the last ssid shaft.

2. In a planter, a ground marking mechanism comprising a rodmounted for longitudi- .nal movement, a spring actuater blade atrod simultaneously with the seed dropping mechanism.

In testimony that we cleim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aiE-Led our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

MEREDITH E. FIDLER.

HARLEY LINGENFELTER Witnesses! i Funnn'mo A. PERKINS, BERNARD H. TAYLOR. i z r etor may by manipulating the treadle 13 tached to the rod and means for moving the.

1 move back upon their pivots against the ten it will also be observed that the seed-mark. 

